Don Dingee
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View attachment 13053IP provider CAST Inc. has teamed with design shop Silesia Devices to provide a huge kick to the venerable 8-bit 8051 microcontroller. The new T8051XC3 Tiny 8051 IP core is small. 6.6K gates is all it takes to get a CPU, serial controller, timer/counter, GPIO, interrupt controller, power management, and debug port.
Incredibly, in 90nm the core can be clocked at 450 MHz - giving the T8051XC3 around 300 times the performance of the original Intel 8051. All this comes with full software compatibility, supported by ARM Keil uVision C51 or a new release of IAR Embedded Workbench for 8051. CAST says they are looking for new designs in MEMS sensors, RF, and other subsystems in connected, wearable, or IoT applications.
Press release:
CAST 8051 IP Line Expands with IAR Systems Tool Support and New Tiny 8-bit MCU
Incredibly, in 90nm the core can be clocked at 450 MHz - giving the T8051XC3 around 300 times the performance of the original Intel 8051. All this comes with full software compatibility, supported by ARM Keil uVision C51 or a new release of IAR Embedded Workbench for 8051. CAST says they are looking for new designs in MEMS sensors, RF, and other subsystems in connected, wearable, or IoT applications.
Press release:
CAST 8051 IP Line Expands with IAR Systems Tool Support and New Tiny 8-bit MCU